Where is Graphcore located?

Graphcore is located in Bristol, United Kingdom .

Who is the current CEO of Graphcore?

Nigel Toon is the current CEO of Graphcore.

Which legal entities is Graphcore associated with?

Graphcore is associated with Graphcore Limited and 3 others.

How much is Graphcore worth?

The last known valuation of Graphcore was $2.8B as on Dec 29, 2020.

When was the latest funding round of Graphcore?

Graphcore's latest funding round was on Dec 29, 2020.

What is the annual revenue of Graphcore?

Annual revenue of Graphcore is 拢3.99惭 as on Dec 31, 2023.

Is Graphcore a AI Infrastructure company?

The primary sectors of Graphcore are AI Infrastructure, Digital ICs and High Performance Computing.

Where does Graphcore rank among its competitors?

Graphcore ranks 2 amongst 240 active competitors.

Who are the top competitors of Graphcore?

Graphcore's top competitors are Rambus, Tsinghua Unigroup and Lightmatter.

Graphcore - 2025 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Graphcore is an acquired company based in Bristol (United Kingdom), founded in 2016 by Hermann Hauser, and . It operates as a Provider of processors and IPUs for enterprises. Graphcore has raised $767M in funding from investors like Atomico, Sequoia Capital and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, with last known valuation of $2.8B. The company has 240 active competitors, including 126 funded and 35 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Rambus, Tsinghua Unigroup and Lightmatter.

Sectors and market segments that Graphcore operate in

Graphcore serves in the B2B space in the High Tech, Semiconductors market segments.The primary business model of Graphcore are:

Company Details

Provider of processors and IPUs for enterprises. It offers a second-generation core building block solution for AI infrastructure and AI workloads with built-in networking for supercomputing. It offers building blocks and reference designs for AI supercomputing. It caters its solution to industries such as finance, biotechnology, scientific research, and consumer communication sectors.

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Email ID: @graphcore.ai
Phone Number: +44

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2016

Location

Bristol, United Kingdom

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

in 8 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Last Known Valuation

as on Dec 29, 2020

Investors

Atomico & 75 more

Ranked

2^nd among

Annual Revenue

as on Dec 31, 2023

Similar Companies

Rambus &

Exit Details

Acquired by SoftBank Group (Jul 12, 2024)

Graphcore is associated with 4 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
CIN: 924962011 Norway, Active	May 16, 2016	-	-	-
CIN: T21UF3758E Singapore, Active	Apr 27, 2021	-	433 (as on Dec 31, 2023)	-
CIN: 918 638 458 United States, Active	Jan 31, 2017	-	-	-
Graphcore Limited CIN: 10185006 United Kingdom, Active	May 16, 2016	$4.96M (as on Dec 31, 2023)	266 (as on Dec 31, 2019)

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Graphcore got acquired by SoftBank Group on Jul 12, 2024.

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Graphcore has raised a total funding of $767M over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 01, 2016. Its latest funding round was a Series E round on Dec 29, 2020 for $222M. 5 investors participated in its latest round, lead by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

Graphcore has 66 institutional investors including Atomico, Sequoia Capital and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Greg Brockman and 9 others are Angel Investors in Graphcore.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Graphcore:

Date of funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post money valuation	Revenue multiple	Investors
Dec 29, 2020	$222M	Series E	$2.8B	443.3x	Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Baillie Gifford, Schroders, Fidelity, Molten Ventures
Feb 25, 2020	$161M	Series D	$1.95B	157.1x	Mayfair, Baillie Gifford, Chrysalis
Jan 15, 2020	$25M	Series D	-	-	Merian Global Investors

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The founders of Graphcore are Hermann Hauser, and . is the CEO of Graphcore.

Here are the details of Graphcore's key team members:

Hermann Hauser: Co-Founder of Graphcore and founder of 8 other companies, including Hermann Hauser Investment, Plastic Logic and Arm. They are also an angel investor in 18 startups and serve on the boards of 2 companies.
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Graphcore's Board of Directors

Graphcore's board has 7 active members. , , , and are part of team and and are independent board members.

Here is the list of Graphcore's board of directors:

Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Team	-	Current	9y 0m
Team	-	Current	9y 0m
Team	-	Past	3y 7m
Investor	-	Current	9y 0m
Investor	-	Current	4y 2m
Investor	-	Current	7y 7m
Investor	-	Past	3y 7m
Independent board member	-	Current	7y 11m
Independent board member	-	Current	8y 6m
Independent board member	-	Past	2y 9m

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Top competitors of Graphcore include Rambus, Tsinghua Unigroup and Lightmatter. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Graphcore, ranked by 秘密研究所 score:

Overall Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	秘密研究所 Score
1st	Rambus 1990, Sunnyvale (United States), Public	Provider of AI-based silicon IP and chip solutions	-	Kleiner Perkins, Mohr Davidow Ventures	69/100
2nd	2016, Bristol (United Kingdom), Acquired	Provider of processors and IPUs for enterprises	$767M	Dell, Draper Esprit听&补尘辫;听	65/100
3rd	Tsinghua Unigroup 1988, Beijing (China), Acquired	Provider of semiconductor solutions for the cellular and connectivity market	$1.46B	Credit Suisse,	65/100
4th	Lightmatter 2017, Boston (United States), Series D	Developer of 3D-stacked photonic chips for AI computing	$850M	T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Investments听&补尘辫;听	64/100
5th	Kneron 2015, San Diego (United States), Series B	Provider of hardware and software solutions for edge AI applications	$226M	Foxconn Electronics, CDIB Capital听&补尘辫;听	64/100
6th	Preferred Infrastructure 2014, Tokyo (Japan), Series C	Natural Language Processing-as-a-Service	$125M	, 听&补尘辫;听	63/100
7th	Ambarella 2004, Santa Clara (United States), Public	Manufacturer of AI-enabled image processors	$15.4M	DAG Ventures, Benchmark听&补尘辫;听	63/100
8th	Black Sesame Technologies 2016, Pudong (China), Public	Developer of AI-based chips for machine vision tasks	$500M	, The Hina Group听&补尘辫;听	61/100
9th	MediaTek 1997, Hsinchu (Taiwan), Public	Provider of AI-based neural processing unit chipsets	-	VentureTech Alliance, JAFCO Asia	61/100
10th	Cornami 2012, Santa Clara (United States), Series D	Provider of AI-powered microprocessors for parallel computing applications	$211M	, SoftBank Vision Fund听&补尘辫;听	60/100